I used to ask my students in a show of hands how many were for mass transit. Most would raise their hands.
Then I’d ask the class (at SDSU) how many rode the bus to campus today. Maybe 10% would raise their hands. Yet SDSU is largely a commuter campus well-connected by bus routes and a trolley track to apartment-type neighborhoods. SDSU also has a parking space shortage and the permit really costs.
Americans tend to want mass transit so other people get off the freeway and let them speed along in thier own car.
